Abortion+Deaths+-+D

Each woman's story includes whatever documentation I can find to substantiate her death.

* The Colonial Era
 * ** Women's Stories ** || Explore More by Time Frame || All Deaths by Name ||
 * * "@Sadie D.," December 22 or 23, 1909 Age: 39
 * Suspected abortion, unknown perpetrator
 * Betty Damato, February 25, 1980 Age: 26
 * Knowingly sent home with retained fetus; infection
 * Mary Ann Dancy
 * [[image:MaryAnnDancyTN.png]]
 * July 27, 1990 Age: 32
 * Sent home with lacerated cervix; bled to death
 * Roberta Danks
 * [[image:RobertaDanksHeadshotLowQualityTN.png link="cemeteryofchoice/Roberta Danks"]]
 * February 17, 1949 Age: 28
 * Implicated physician died during investigation; accessory pleaded guilty
 * Minnie Darage, October 17, 1882 Age: 20
 * Unidentified perpetrator
 * Angel Dardie, August 3, 1982 Age: 22
 * Clotting problems triggered by risky saline abortion
 * Mary Davies, December 9, 1956 Age: 26
 * Dr. Robert Spencer acquitted on grounds fetus may have died before abortion was initiated
 * Barbaralee Davis, June 14, 1977 Age: 18
 * Sent home from NAF clinic with uterine laceration; bled to death
 * Della Davis, May 18, 1925 Age: 25
 * Unidentified perpetrator
 * Glenda Davis, March 14, 1989 Age: 31
 * Internal injuries; transferred to hospital in car; bled to death
 * Kathy Davis, February 6, 1987 Age: 26
 * Unidentified facility, unspecified abortion method; heart failure
 * Margaret Davis, July 15, 1972 Age: 33
 * Sickle cell crisis triggered by abortion
 * Sharon Davis, January 9, 1983 Age: 17
 * Uterine perforation during abortion at hospital
 * Nancy Dawson, March 21, 1927 Age: 25
 * Physician and midwife arrested; outcome of cases unknown to me
 * @Margaret Ruth Day, January 12, 1928 Age: 20
 * Physician implicated; outcome of case unknown to me
 * Catharine DeBreuxal, February 20, 1856 Age: 17
 * First of four deaths linked to Dr. Charles Cobel; acquitted on technicality regarding deathbed statement
 * Minnie Deering, January 25, 1891 Age 23
 * 4th of 18 deaths linked to Dr. Lucy Hagenow; attorney got judge to strike off case
 * Annie DeGroote, September 29, 1917 Age: 27
 * Physician arrested, no trial
 * Arlin della Cruz, October 15, 1992 Age: 19
 * Suicide by hanging after abortion
 * Evelyn Dellorto, July 26, 1930 Age: 20
 * Physician acquitted for reason not indicated in source
 * Anna Dennin, August 27, 1909 Age: 23
 * Physician implicated; outcome of case not known to me
 * Synthia Dennard, September 7, 1989 Age: 24
 * Last of three known deaths at Biogenetics; uterine artery severed; bled to death
 * Emma Dep, August 24, 1888
 * 4th of 18 deaths linked to Dr. Lucy Hagenow; no evidence of serious investigation made
 * Louise Derchow, August 21, 1887 Age: 23
 * First of 18 deaths linked to Dr. Lucy Hagenow; 2 hung juries, one acquittal after death of primary witness; Hagenow relocated to Chicago
 * Alerte Desanges, September 16, 1994 Age: 36
 * Sudden embolism during abortion by Dr. David Gluck at Choices Women's Medical Center in Queens.
 * Marina Deschapell, August 17, 1978 Age: 34
 * Unexplained death immediately after abortion
 * Rosa Device, May 5, 1878 Age: c. 26
 * Unspecified abortifacient
 * Helen Devora, November 22, 1917 Age: 20
 * Unidentified perpetrator
 * Violet Diancalana, February 17, 1929 Age: 25
 * Lay abortionist indicted; outcome of case unknown to me
 * Patricia Dickinson, August 11, 1946 Age: 18
 * Lay abortionist Theo Kilmer pleaded guilty
 * Katherine DiDonato, October 23, 1936 Age: 26
 * Second of two deaths linked to Dr. Aloysius Mulholland; outcome of case unknown to me
 * Cecelia Dieber, July 31, 1918 Age: 20
 * Dr. Herman Spangler pleaded guilty
 * Annie Dier, 1885
 * Physician arrested; outcome of case unknown to me
 * Barbara Dillon, May 11, 1981 Age: 22
 * Failure to detect ectopic pregnancy by Dr. Mark Silver at Long Island Gynecological Group
 * Eleanor Dillon, December 14, 1916 Age: 19
 * Physician acquitted for reason not specified
 * Anna Marie Dimford, September 29, 1915 Age: 21
 * Physician and midwife arrested; outcome of cases unknown to me
 * Mary Dix, November 30, 1874 Age: 25
 * Apparent self-induced by unspecified method
 * Rosina Doerr, September 5, 1887 Age: 34
 * Midwife acquitted for reasons not specified
 * Agnes Dohrer, July 3, 1918 Age: 17
 * Physician arrested; outcome of case unknown to me
 * Bertha Dombrowski, February 23, 1917 Age: 28
 * Physician implicated; outcome of case unknown to me
 * Mary Donigan, February 6, 1870 Age: 22
 * Unidentified perpetrator
 * Annie Doran, July 12, 1889 Age 24
 * Sources unclear; possibly self-induced with abortifacient
 * Annie Dories, June 26, 1888 Age: 16
 * Third of 18 deaths linked to Dr. Lucy Hagenow; 3 hung juries, simultaneous prosecution for another case; Hagenow relocated to Chicago
 * Laniece DorseyFebruary 6, 1986 Age: 17
 * 5th of 16 deaths at NAF member chain Family Planning Associates; anesthesia mishap
 * Mary Jane Douds, May 21, 1900 Age: 26
 * Unidentified perpetrator
 * Tamika Dowdy
 * [[image:cemeteryofchoice/TamikaDowdyHeadshot.jpg link="cemeteryofchoice/Tamika Dowdy"]]
 * December 2, 1998 Age: 22
 * Unclear chain of events at NAF member Brooklyn Women's Medical Pavilion
 * Mary Doyle, October 2, 1867
 * Unidentified perpetrator
 * Gwendolyn Drummer, January 31, 1972 Age: 15
 * Saline got into bloodstream during hospital abortion
 * Anjelica Duarte, November 1, 1991 Age: 21
 * Abortion recommended for health reasons; delayed care for hemorrhage
 * Evelyn Dudley, March 16, 1973 Age: 38
 * First of three deaths at Friendship Medical Center; ruptured cervix and vagina
 * Margaret Dwyer, May 24, 1912 Age: 24
 * Probable lay abortionist arrested; outcome of case unknown to me
 * Clara Duvall
 * [[image:cemeteryofchoice/ClaraDuvallSmall.jpg]]
 * March 27, 1929 Age: 32
 * Unconfirmed self-induced with knitting needle ||
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